Zhi-Yuan is a postdoctoral scholar at QuICS and JQI, working at the intersection of quantum information, AMO physics, and condensed matter physics. He earned his PhD in the group of Ignacio Cirac at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics. During his PhD, Zhi-Yuan designed quantum algorithms to prepare many-body entangled states, as well as Rydberg and cQED platforms to create large-scale photonic entanglement. He also worked on variational methods to simulate non-equilibrium dynamics of strongly correlated electrons. His current research interests include the simulation complexity and scalable applications of near-term quantum devices, the quantum and classical simulation of non-equilibrium dynamics, and light-matter interactions in quantum systems.